ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,677,105, issued on July 7, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. Ltd. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Method and device for enhancing sound quality and reducing current consumption" was invented by Yangsu Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Gangyoul Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Youngsoo Park (Suwon-si, South Korea), Hakhoon Song (Suwon-si, South Korea), Namwoog Lee (Suwon-si, South Korea), Keunwon Jang (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Hyunmin Choi (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a microphone, memory storing one or more computer programs, and one or more processors comm...